Recently I've been visiting, photographing and writing about the castles owned by the 17th century Duchess of Pembroke, Lady Anne Clifford. Although Skipton Castle in West Yorkshire was her primary home, and today is still well-preserved, several of the others were in the Eden Valley in Cumbria just outside the Lake District boundary.
Pendragon Castle in Mallerstang, Brough Castle and Brougham Castle are all now in varying states of collapse and disrepair (although made safe for visitors) but in her day Lady Anne renovated them all. Appleby Castle is the best preserved of her major properties this part of the country.
Brougham Castle was her favourite, and it was there that she died (in her late 80s, a great age at that time). She was buried in Appleby church.
Several articles are on around-england.co.uk and in the meantime here is a picture of Brougham Castle by the River Eamont, a tributary of the Eden.
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